Partnerships & Innovation @LuminateGroup Founder @Phandeeyar Co-founder @Purpose @Avaaz @GetUp Host @RevofNecessity. #tech #startups social change
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18 Dec 2019
The damage that @Facebook is doing is now well documented, but not enough attention is being paid to the impact of @WhatsApp. My @OmidyarNetwork colleague @anamitra_deb and I wrote about the threat posed by #WhatsApp & how to address it.
v/@techonomy techonomy.com/2019/12/whatsa…
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david madden retweeted
23 May 2023
*Job Alert!*🔦 Luminate is looking for a Policy Director to lead our policy work on digital threats to democracy. All details below luminate.bamboohr.com/jobs/v… Please spread the word! cc @luminategroup @GaurivanGulik @SweeLengHarris @Alaphia @davidmadden
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18 Nov 2022
We're hiring! Are you a super talented strategic comms person? Do you want to help build a better internet? Join @martintisne @Alaphia @WatchfulFoxx @SweeLengHarris @GaurivanGulik & the rest of us @luminategroup luminate.bamboohr.com/jobs/v…
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david madden retweeted
4 Nov 2022
These layoffs are deeply, deeply concerning. From Ethiopia, to the ongoing war to Ukraine. to the upcoming US midterm election - specially during moments of crisis platforms have an additional responsibility to ensure that they respect people's rights. 1/4 @hrw
4 Nov 2022
Yesterday was my last day at Twitter: the entire Human Rights team has been cut from the company.
I am enormously proud of the work we did to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights, to protect those at-risk in global conflicts & crises including Ethiopia,
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5 Oct 2022
*Last chance!* Are you awesome at building coalitions & helping different groups work together? Come & lead @luminategroup's #partnerships work & help expand the funding to build a better internet for all. *Hurry - applications close on 9 October* luminate.bamboohr.com/jobs/v…
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david madden retweeted
28 Sep 2022
Funders will only succeed in reining in Big Tech & building a better internet by working together. We've set up a new team with that explicit purpose in mind. And we are hiring! Come work w our awesome team luminate.bamboohr.com/jobs/v… @GaurivanGulik @davidmadden @EliseTillet
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28 Sep 2022
We're hiring! @luminategroup is looking for someone w/ awesome people skills to lead our partnerships work. Help grow the $$$ needed to build a better internet for all. Work w/@martintisne @GaurivanGulik @SweeLengHarris @EliseTillet @Alaphia @PoppyKWood luminate.bamboohr.com/jobs/v…
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13 Sep 2022
*Awesome job alert* Want to help grow the funding needed to build a better internet for all? @luminategroup is looking for a dynamic professional to lead our partnerships work. No funder experience needed - just exceptional people skills. Come & join us! luminate.bamboohr.com/jobs/v…
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david madden retweeted
14 Apr 2022
📣📣 Job alert! Interested in social media’s role in conflict around the world?
📱 Our Social Media and Conflict Mediation programme @hdcentre is hiring a Project Officer:
hdcentre.org/jobs/social-med…
🧵 on what we do:
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david madden retweeted
10 Sep 2021
On #splicelofi today, we spoke with @yanoak, founder of Thibi, a #dataviz startup in Singapore. We spoke about where dataviz is headed, and what interesting data journalism business models could come out of it.
Listen here, or in your podcast app.
open.spotify.com/episode/4Xu…
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david madden retweeted
23 Jun 2021
EXCLUSIVE: AFP has seen the most comprehensive document yet of climate change impacts
The draft by the UN's climate science advisors "reads like a 4,000-page indictment of humanity's stewardship of the planet"
From @marlowehood @patrickgaley and me
barrons.com/news/crushing-cl…
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27 May 2021
Interested in digging into the state of political tech? @highergroundlab have a webinar on 15 June on their latest Landscape Report. Details here mobilize.us/highergroundlabs…
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david madden retweeted
21 May 2021
We gave up our privacy to fight Covid-19. Can we get it back? In this FT Film, written by playwright James Graham, a suspected Covid-19 super spreader played by Lydia West is interrogated by a data analyst played by Arthur Darvill. Watch the full video: ft.com/video/0685a4ba-7b0b-4…
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25 May 2021
Honor the memory of George Floyd by taking part in the Virtual Day of Action. Learn how at justiceforgeorge-takeaction.…. #JusticeforGeorge #BlackLivesMatter
25 May 2021
Political tech continuing to boom
11 May 2021
We're thrilled to release our Annual Political Tech Landscape Report! We hope this report will serve as a resource for progressive campaigners and technologists. Read more here: highergroundlabs.com/our-202…
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25 May 2021
A must read piece
25 May 2021
Collective data rights can stop big tech from obliterating privacy - Protecting individual data is not enough when the harms are collective. My new piece in @techreview technologyreview.com/2021/05… (1)
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david madden retweeted
18 May 2021
Excited to announce @luminategroup's investment in @UptrustOfficial, a civic tech company centering the rights & needs of justice-involved individuals to keep people out of jail and increasing success for returning citizens
18 May 2021
We’re honored to announce that we’ve closed a $2M seed financing round, backed by @de_carceration, @luminategroup, and @stand_together.
This funding will enable us to support more individuals navigate and successfully exit the criminal justice system. prn.to/3fw3C9A
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20 May 2021
Working on #digitalrights? Don't miss @RightsCon Online 2021. Registration closes tomorrow (May 21) rightscon.summit.tc/catalog/… via @rightscon
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david madden retweeted
27 Apr 2021
Why should you care about how social media is used in war zones? And how can we stop it making conflict worse?
A thread on the case that @maude_morrison0 and I make in @WiredUK (1/7)
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